Audio Science Review = "The better the measurement, the better the sound" philosophy

If you even hint at how measurements can serve a useful purpose on this site, you will get the same mean, nasty, uneducated response.

This strikes me as a dubious claim. Feel free to prove me wrong by linking to examples of mean or nasty responses to a mild reference to the usefulness of measurements.

I am well aware of that isolated, idiotic responses can be found on many various threads, but the suggestion that there are some kind of systematic attempts to shame those who merely suggest that measurements can be useful does not ring true.

@jtgofish The running/jogging community absolutely sucks and they make ASR seem approachable.

The Magic: The Gathering community equally sucks. In this community you either follow the metagame described by the pros or scrub the floor.

@whipsaw 

I would have said this thread but a moderator removed most of the nasty attacks, name calling, and profanity:

 

@laoman

If they measure perfectly, why wouldn't he "talk highly" about them???

Perhaps because some of them sound like shite?

And there is the perfect example of the problem...people think their subjective opinions are fact. There are fans and detractors for most of the amps on the market. Opinions don't really mean much of anything in reality.

My wife is on a few knitting forums, on one of them if you bring up politics you’re banned.

The amplifier most recommended on ASR is not Chinese or class D.